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Patented May 21,v 1867.

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ALBERT WILCOX, OF MAQUOKETA, L-IOWA.l

etters Patent Na. 64,927, dated ZlIay'l, 1867.

SHOVEL-PLOUGH.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WILCOX, of the town of Maquoketa, in the county of Jackson, 'and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful improvement in Shovel-Ploughs and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beingihadto the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a Perspective view.

The nature of my invention consists in attaohing a third shovel, A, by means of'the curvcd supporting bar B, to the plough-beam C, and strengthening the aforesaid bar by the curved hrace T. The arch of the-supportng bar B I makcsuflficiently high to allow the corn plants to pass under it.

lThe operation of my imp'roved plough is as follows In cultivating corn I go around'six, eight, or ten ro'ws at a time. In doing this, the two shovels on the main plough' cut two-thirds of the ground between the rows, and the next time around the shovel A, on the supporting bar B, cuts the renia'ining third, thus thoroughly moving the entire surface of the ground between the r ows of plants, and finishing each row by once passing through, enabling the farmcr to do with one horse the work of the two-horse sulky-ploughs. V

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The attachment of the third shovel A, by means of the curved snpporti'ng bar B, to the beam C of the main =plough; also the manner of equalizing the draught of said plough hy making the left-hand standard of the-main plough more curved, and the shovel on the same a size larger, in the manner and for the purpose above set forth.

ALBERT WILCOX. Witnesses: l

Tnos. B. Hamuso A. FnLLoWs. 

